Language:
English
Edition:
eHRAF World Cultures
Series Statement:
eHRAF World Cultures
Keywords:
Okinawa
;
Ryukyuans
;
Okinawa
;
Bevölkerung
Abstract:
The Okinawans inhabit the Ryukyu Archipelago, a chain of 146 islands, stretching from Kyushu, Japan to Taiwan. The islands to the south of make up Okinawa Prefecture and those to the north are part of Kagoshima Prefecture. This file consists of 22 documents, 5 are written in Japanese with English summaries, the rest are written in English. The Okinawa file is strong on kinship, religion and history
Description / Table of Contents:
progress and problems - Takeshi Matsui - 1987 -- - Problems of descent in the southern Ryukyus (Sakeshima) - William Newell - 1988 -- - Culture summary: Okinawans - Ian Skoggard - 2001 -- - Studies of Okinawan village life - [by] Clarence J. Glacken - 1953 -- - Taira: an Okinawan village - [by] Thomas W. Maretzki and Hatsumi Maretski. Introduction by Beatrice B. Whiting - 1963 -- - Post-war Okinawa - [by] F.R. Pitts, William P. Lebra, and Wayne P. Suttles - 1955 -- - The Munchu: system of Kudaka Island, Okinawa: a preliminary analysis for the understanding of village cult organization in Kudaka - Akamine Masanobu - 1983 --^
Description / Table of Contents:
yesterday and today - [by] Douglas G. Haring - 1969 -- - Structure and function of munchu: notes on folk religion of Okinawa - Mikiharu Itoh - 1979 -- - Okinawa: the history on an island people - George H. Kerr - [1958] -- - Okinawan religion: belief, ritual, and social structure - [by] William P. Lebra - [1966] -- - Shaman-client interchange in Okinawa: performative stages in shamanic therapy - William P. Lebra - 1982 -- - Age grade system in Okinawan village: a case study of Matsubara, Miyako Island - Omoto Norio - 1980 -- - A brief history of early Okinawa based on the Omoro Soshi - by Mitsugu Sakihara - 1987 --^
Description / Table of Contents:
the Ryukyuans/Okinawans - Koji Taira - 1997 -- - Kinship and descent in an Okinawan village - by Masako U. Tanaka - 1974 [1975 copy]
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